AppDomain currentDomain = AppDomain.CurrentDomain;
currentDomain.AssemblyResolve += new ResolveEventHandler(MyResolveEventHandler);
private Assembly MyResolveEventHandler(object sender, ResolveEventArgs args)
{
//This handler is called only when the common language runtime tries to bind to the assembly and fails.
//Retrieve the list of referenced assemblies in an array of AssemblyName.
Assembly MyAssembly, objExecutingAssembly;
string strTempAssmbPath = "";
objExecutingAssembly = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly();
AssemblyName[] arrReferencedAssmbNames = objExecutingAssembly.GetReferencedAssemblies();
//Loop through the array of referenced assembly names.
foreach(AssemblyName strAssmbName in arrReferencedAssmbNames)
{
//Check for the assembly names that have raised the "AssemblyResolve" event.
if(strAssmbName.FullName.Substring(0, strAssmbName.FullName.IndexOf(",")) == args.Name.Substring(0, args.Name.IndexOf(",")))
{
//Build the path of the assembly from where it has to be loaded.
strTempAssmbPath = "C:\\Myassemblies\\" + args.Name.Substring(0,args.Name.IndexOf(","))+".dll";
break;
}
}
//Load the assembly from the specified path.
MyAssembly = Assembly.LoadFrom(strTempAssmbPath);
//Return the loaded assembly.
return MyAssembly;
}
:: Moves files to a subdirectory, to unclutter the application folder
:: Note that the new subdirectory should be probed so the dlls can be found.
SET path=$(TargetDir)\lib
if not exist "%path%" mkdir "%path%"
del /S /Q "%path%"
move /Y $(TargetDir)*.dll "%path%"
move /Y $(TargetDir)*.xml "%path%"
move /Y $(TargetDir)*.pdb "%path%"